Oven-door.



L. STOOKSTROM.

OVEN DOOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.9,1912.

Patented Aug125, 1914.

THE l VORRIS PETERS CO.v FHOT'O-LITHO.. WASHINGTON D. C 3

LOUIS srooKsTnoM, or s r. LOUIS,

MISSOURI, .ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN STOVE"COM- PANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW'JEBSEY.

oven-13003.

To all whom it may concern 1' Be it known that 1, Louis SrooKsTnoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oven-Doors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therelnto the accompanying drawing. a

My invention relates to improvements in oven doors, and' 'it .pertains to thattype of door in which a pane of it constitutes what might be termed a glass doorythrough which the cook may observe the article as it is cooking.

"My'present invention hasinyiew the securing of the door lining at its outer edges tothe door frame, the inner edge ofthe lining constructed to hold the glass, one of the integral inner edges of the lining made movable out of its normal position to permit one v thereunder at an edge of the glass to pass angle beyond the normal position of the glass, to enable the glass to be placed in its permanent plane, and then moved edgewise under the opposite edge of the :lining to 1ts normal position, and held there by bringing the saidintegral movable edge of the lining to its normal position and holding itthere.

My present invention also pertains to details of construction which will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed I out in the claims.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effective manner hf attachably and detachably holding a glass pane in an oven door, byhaving an integral inner edge of the lining movable to permit the convenient and ready attachment of a pane of glass between the inner edges of the lining and the door frame ltself.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an inner plan view of an oven door showing my improved lining secured in place thereon, and holding a pane of glass. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of my improved combined door lining and glass holder.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference characters denote the same parts, 1 is a sheet metal rectangular doorframe, which is provided with a rectangular opening 2.

My improved lining comprises a rectangular sheet metal frame, preferably of tin, and

glass is set, whereby Specification of Letters Batent. Patented Aug, 25,1914 Application filed March 9, '19-12. :Serial No. 682,707. i

it is providedwith a rectangular opening 4 of approximately the same size as the opening "2 in the door-frame 1. This lining is placed at the inner side of the door-frame and is. preferably permanently secured thereto by turning the outer edge of the frame 1 around the outer edge 6 of, the linmg, as shown at 5. The inner end; edges of the door-frame are turned aroundthe adj acent inner end edges? of the lining as at 8' to permanently connect them, and hold them-in substantially the same plane, while the inner side edges 9 and 10 are provided with L-shaped steps 11, which places the said edges in a plane a sufiicient distance away from the door frame to receive the edges. :of a pane of glassl, between the said edges and the door-frame, and form shoulders or steps for holdingthe glass in its normal position. Rivets 12 permanently hold the in ner side edge 10 ina fixed position in respect to theadj acentinner edge of the door-frame,

whilelthe opposite inner side edge 9 of the lining ismovable toward and away from the door-frame. To "permit this movement the lining is provided with the outwardly extendingslots a. This edge 9 is adjustable toward and away from the door-frame by means the-bolts and adjustable nuts 13. From theforegoing it will be observed that the inner side edges 9 'and'10 of the lining are in a plane inside of the plane of the end edges 7, a distance equal to the thickness of the glass pane 14C, and that the glass pane is located 1 in the plane between the inner side edges 9 and 10 and the inner end edges of the lining. I

To place a glass pane in position, the nuts and bolts 13 are loosened or adjusted to permit the inner side edge 9 of the lining to move away from the door frame 1 and permit the side edge of the glass to pass thereunder, as shown in Fig. 2, a distance suffiis pushed inward and moved edgewise under the stepped portion 11 of the edge 10 of the lining. The glass pane and the edge of the lining will then assume the position shown indotted lines Fig. 2, theedge 9 of the lin-, ing being drawn to the said position by the adjustable nut and bolt, thereby clam-ping the glass pane in position between the shoulde i-stormed the L-sh ap ed or stepped portions 11 of the lining edges 9 and 10. A

cracked or damaged glass pane by this con- From the foregoing description, it will be observed that in myimprovement the lining is permanently attached to the door frame and serves as a lining therefor, while at vso the same time it permits a pane of glassto' be plaoedand clamped between opposite edges of the lining of the door-frame, by havingone or anoreof .theiedges of the lining'movable awayfrom and toward the door frame,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire te -secure by Letters Pat- 'entis: .1

1. Animproved ovenydo'or-ieomprising a door framehavingan opening, a door frame lining having a correspondingly shaped opening, a glass panel,,theyouter-edges of: the lining and door frame connected, the oppos te inner edgesotathe door zt'rame opening ,conneeted vto the adj aeent edges of thellining opening, the other oppositeinner edges of the lining opening normallyof adista-nee away from the'door frame to adnnt the entranceofthe glass ,panel, andone'of said.

inner edges flexibletoward and away from the door-frame.

. 2. oveni door.comprisinga door-{frame having outwardly extending lshoulders, outer edges of the sald shoulders separated the door-frame connected, two integral op posite inner edges of the lining opening having outwardly extending shoulders, the

outer edges of the said shoulders separated from the door-frame to admit the entrance of the glass panel between them andthe adjacent edges of the door-frame, one of the said shoulders adjustable toward and away from-the door-frame and means for holding said shoulder in its adjusted position.

An improved oven door comprising a door-framehaving an opening, a liningihar ing 'a correspondingly shaped opening, a glass panel the outer edges of the lining and the door-frame connected, two integral opposite inner \edges of thelinin'g-opening from .thedoor-frame to admitthe'entranee of the glass panel between-them andrthe adjacent edges of the door-frame, one of the said"shoulderedwedges of the lining slit transverse'the shoulderythe said slits pern itting theedge of the lining'to be adjusted toward and away 't'rointhe door-frame for the purpose desoribed, ,-and means for holding said slit edge and its shoulder inthe r adjusted positions.

In :testimony whereof I hereuntoqaflii my signature :in the presence of two-witnesses.

LOUISSDOGKSTFBQM.

l/Vitnesses v v GEO. P. HAM-MAN, yVV. LAUGHLIN.

washington, 11.0.

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